For other issues, here is a link I have found helpful to fix some of the shared folder issues.įinally, we are ready to make those USB drives.
If you were not prompted to install or have not yet installed VMware Tools you need to do that now. The host system must have VMware Tools installed in order to make them available to the client system. If the shared folder does not show up thre could be many reasons. Now that the shared folder is enabled, restart the VM to see your folder (Player > Power > Restart). Select the options tab and then Shared Folders. We will once again go to the VM Settings (Player > Manage > Virtual Machine Settings). This folder’s contents will be available to both your VM and other OS. You want to make a share? Create a folder you will use for your share. If you do not want to create the share then download Ubuntu to your VM and skip ahead. The share can also be another vector for infections to creep to your non-VM OS. The share is a good way to share files and give yourself some extra disk space. We can either create a share to your hard drive or simply download the Ubuntu ISO to your current Ubuntu VM. We will need access to the Ubuntu ISO you downloaded earlier. If your computer can do USB 3.0 you may want to set the controller to USB 3.0. One quick thing to check is the USB Controller hardware settings under the VM settings.
If all has gone to plan, you should be happily logged into Ubuntu and looking at a bionic beaver desktop. Last, you will be prompted at some point to install VMware Tools.
Minimal install will leave off office software and other applications. I suggest installing the minimal Ubuntu version if you can. When done customizing the hardware, return to the final screen and select ‘Finish.’ This will kick off the Ubuntu install. More importantly, make sure you see a USB controller is present. But before you do, click on ‘Customize Hardware.’ My suggestions are: Memory=1GB, Processors=1. My suggestion is no less than 20 GB.Ĭlicking Next you will arrive on the screen to create the VM. The minimal version fits easily on 8GB but we will want room for some of our USB cloning. We will install a minimal version of Ubuntu. When you reach ‘Specify Disk Capacity’ I have some suggestions. Enter this information over a couple screens. The next few steps will ask for some basic info like username, VM name, VM location. Select to install from the ISO option and point to the Ubuntu ISO. You will now be able to select the Installer Disc Image (ISO) of Ubuntu you downloaded previously. Start up the player and select ‘Create a New Virtual Machine’ or similar language that means new. Time to get a VM of Ubuntu up and running. Once download is complete, go ahead and install. Note, there is a player for Linux and the rest of the guide should apply to Linux as well. Go ahead and download the free version (version 15) of Workstation Player for Windows. We will create a Virtual Machine (VM) of Ubuntu. Let me introduce our chicken, VMware Workstation Player. In order to make bootable Ubuntu USB drives you must first have a running version of Ubuntu. This is the old chicken and the egg problem. Next, we need a way to install Ubuntu to somewhere and then start creating bootable USB stick drives. While the download is happening let’s move on. Select the desktop version and for our purposes the current version is 18.04.1 LTS.
Know how to boot your system using a bootable USB.At least two identical 8+ GB USB stick with USB 2.0+.Windows 7+ (this should also basically work for Linux).
System: 1GB free memory, More than 1 processor, 64 bit OS, ~30 GB free space.The Windows versions the following instructions will work for are Windows 7+.īefore we start, here is what you will need: This guide will focus primarily on how to do this on Windows although this will be vanilla enough to work on Linux as well. What I will explain is not only how to do this easily but also be able to make copies thereafter. There is plenty of good information on how to create a bootable Ubuntu USB stick drive.